Was extra special as one songs was composed for and was intended to be performed live from the space station by one of the Challenger astronauts[1] who died a few months earlier.
I was a young kid here in Norway at the time, but I recall very well the concert being covered by news here. His music was on the radio as well, so he was definitely well known outside of France I'd say.
The intro to the concert footage has cuts from TV news and interviews, shows the scale of things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYio7l7B940
Was extra special as one songs was composed for and was intended to be performed live from the space station by one of the Challenger astronauts[1] who died a few months earlier.
I was a young kid here in Norway at the time, but I recall very well the concert being covered by news here. His music was on the radio as well, so he was definitely well known outside of France I'd say.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_McNair#Music_in_space